Patents by Inventor Douglas Thomas
Douglas Thomas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240160117Abstract: Apparatus and method for substrate processing are described herein. More specifically, the apparatus and method are directed towards apparatus and method for performing a field guided post exposure bake operation on a semiconductor substrate. The apparatus is a processing module (100) and includes an upper portion (102) with an electrode (400) and a base portion (104) which is configured to support a substrate (500) on a substrate support surface (159). The upper portion (102) and the base portion (104) are actuated toward and away from one another using one or more arms (112) and form a process volume (404). The process volume (404) is filled with a process fluid and the processing module (100) is rotated about an axis (A). An electric field is applied to the substrate (500) by the electrode (400) before the process fluid is drained from the process volume (404).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Dmitry LUBOMIRSKY, Kyle M. HANSON, Douglas A. BUCHBERGER, Jr., Alan L. TSO, Rahul KOZHIKKALKANDI, Paul R. MCHUGH, Jiayi SUN, Qiwei LIANG, Nithin Thomas ALEX, Lancelot HUANG, Ellie Y. YIEH
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Publication number: 20240150242Abstract: A three-part epoxy grout composition comprises a liquid epoxy blend, a liquid hardener, and a graded particulate aggregate, wherein the dry aggregate particles are pretreated with an applied adhesion promoter in an amount of 0.01 to 5% by weight. The volume of pretreated aggregate particles, when mixed with the epoxy blend and the hardener, comprises at least 70% by volume of the cured grout. Pretreatment of the aggregate by coating with adhesion promoter allows more efficient use of chemicals along with improved strength. Related methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Lawrence S. Shapiro, Michael K. Harvey, Scott Atom Saverse, Douglas A. Cheney, Zbigniew Andrew Szczepaniak, Brandon Michael Belcher, Paul Matz, Timothy Patrick Fitzgerald, Shawn Thomas Noble
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Publication number: 20240141592Abstract: Paper towel rolls that exhibit novel combinations of physical properties, such as Basis Weight, Roll Density, and Roll Diameter, such that the paper towel rolls meet consumers' needs, and method for making such novel paper towel rolls and marketing such novel paper towel rolls are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Kevin Mitchell, Robert Edward Reinerman, Douglas Jay Barkey, Mark Alan Green, Paul Dennis Trokhan, J. Michael Bills, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Thomas Weisman
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Patent number: 11963928Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter d1 of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Ti that is less than or equal to 0.85*s1, wherein s1 is a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: James Ernest Webb, Sinue Gomez-Mower, Weirong Jiang, Joseph Michael Matusick, Christie Leigh McCarthy, Connor Thomas O'Malley, John Stephen Peanasky, Shivani Rao Polasani, Steven Edward DeMartino, Michael Clement Ruotolo, Jr., Bryan James Musk, Jared Seaman Aaldenberg, Eric Lewis Allington, Douglas Miles Noni, Jr., Amber Leigh Tremper, Kristen Dae Waight, Kevin Patrick McNelis, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Christy Lynn Chapman, Robert Anthony Schaut, Adam Robert Sarafian
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Patent number: 11965147Abstract: A laundry care or dish care composition can include a poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative, wherein the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative includes: (i) a poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone of glucose monomer units, wherein greater than or equal to 40% of the glucose monomer units are linked via alpha-1,6 glycosidic linkages, and wherein from 0% to less than 30% of the glucose monomer units are linked via alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages, and optionally at least 5% of the backbone glucose monomer units have branches via alpha-1,2 and/or alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages; and (ii) at least one organic group linked to the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone through a linkage moiety; wherein, the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone has a weight average degree of polymerization of at least 5; and wherein, the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative has a degree of substitution of linkage moiety of from 0.20 to 1.00.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Kristine Lynn Fliter, Neil Thomas Fairweather, Gang Si, David Good, Zheng-Zheng Huang, Helen Lu, Douglas Adelman
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Patent number: 11963929Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter d1 of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Ti that is less than or equal to 0.85*s1, wherein s1 is a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Connor Thomas O'Malley, Sinue Gomez-Mower, Weirong Jiang, Joseph Michael Matusick, Christie Leigh McCarthy, Christy Lynn Chapman, John Stephen Peanasky, Shivani Rao Polasani, James Ernest Webb, Michael Clement Ruotolo, Jr., Bryan James Musk, Jared Seaman Aaldenberg, Eric Lewis Allington, Douglas Miles Noni, Jr., Amber Leigh Tremper, Kristen Dae Waight, Kevin Patrick McNelis, Patrick Joseph Cimo, Steven Edward DeMartino, Robert Anthony Schaut, Adam Robert Sarafian
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Publication number: 20240116632Abstract: A recoil device is provided for a gun having a barrel with a breech. The device includes a breech nut, a brake assembly, a pneumatic spring and a counter-recoil buffer. The breech nut has first and second adjacent sides. The brake assembly includes a brake cylinder that mounts to the breech nut on the first side. The pneumatic spring mounts to the breech nut on the second side. The counter-recoil buffer attaches to the pneumatic spring. The brake cylinder and the pneumatic spring internally push fluids for recoil absorption and return in response to firing the gun.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Matthew Thomas Buckler, Michael M. Canaday, Thomas Klebert Houck, Jr., Gregory Noble Fish, William Michael McCoy, Nathan Arnold Lambert, Timothy Gerald Burcham, Xavier Anthony Quinn, Douglas Lawrence Ramers, Sabrina Hong-Yee Lau
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Patent number: 11952724Abstract: Paper towel rolls that exhibit novel combinations of physical properties, such as Basis Weight, Roll Density, and Roll Diameter, such that the paper towel rolls meet consumers' needs, and method for making such novel paper towel rolls and marketing such novel paper towel rolls are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kevin Mitchell, Robert Edward Reinerman, Douglas Jay Barkey, Mark Alan Green, Paul Dennis Trokhan, J. Michael Bills, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Thomas Weisman
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Publication number: 20240041483Abstract: A method and device for advancing a guidewire past a calcified leaflet of a heart valve are described. A dual guidewire device includes a primary guidewire, a secondary guidewire, and a sheath. The primary guidewire is configured to advance past a heart valve while the secondary guidewire is configured to pull open the calcified leaflet of the heart valve while the primary guidewire advances past the heart valve. The catheter can contain both the primary guidewire and the secondary guidewire.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Sakyasingh Tripathy, Hengchu Cao, Nima V. Nia, Douglas Thomas Dominick, Bingquan Su, Amanda Tjipta Sugijoto
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Publication number: 20230405279Abstract: A system for delivering a guidewire through a heart valve comprises a delivery catheter configured to pass through a blood flow pathway of a heart, an inner catheter having an inner lumen, a guidewire configured to pass through the inner lumen of the inner catheter, and a positioning device crimped onto an outer surface of the inner catheter. wherein. The delivery catheter is configured to receive the inner catheter, guidewire, and positioning device and is configured to prevent expansion of the positioning device. The positioning device is configured to expand upon removal from the delivery catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Bingquan Su, Nima V. Nia, Douglas Thomas Dominick, Sakyasingh Tripathy, Hengchu Cao, Rene Santana
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Patent number: 11739594Abstract: The disclosure is related to methods for testing and/or validating drill pipe and threaded and coupled connectors for use in subsea intervention system riser applications (open-water and through-riser). The methods are novel applications for testing and/or validating drill pipe and threaded and coupled connections that conform to Annex E of API 17G.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.Inventors: Timothy Douglas Thomas, Jeffrey Paul Goetz, Raymond Anthony Stawaisz
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Publication number: 20230149303Abstract: A first technique for ameliorating bioactivity deterioration in fatty acid delivery includes retarding oxidation of fatty acids during manufacture, transportation, and storage of the fatty acid. A second technique for ameliorating bioactivity deterioration in fatty acid delivery includes enteric microencapsulation to avoid destruction of fatty acids in the stomach in favor of dissolving the fatty acids in the small intestines.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventor: Douglas Thomas
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Publication number: 20230000807Abstract: A product comprising theanine, caffeine, and CBD is disclosed. Alternatives to the specific components are also described. A product comprising theanine, pyridoxine triacetate, and CBD is also disclosed. Alternatives to the specific components are also described. In an embodiment, an oral thin film strip delivery system includes a polymer, muco-adhesive, or other component that allows the product to dissolve in the mouth.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventor: Douglas Thomas
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Publication number: 20220241072Abstract: A method comprises anchoring a first suture to a first papillary muscle, anchoring the first suture to a ventricle wall, and cinching the first suture to cause the first papillary muscle to move closer to the ventricle wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Bingquan Su, Nima V. Nia, Amanda Tjipta Sugijoto, Hengchu Cao, Sakyasingh Tripathy, Douglas Thomas Dominick
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Patent number: 11308738Abstract: A mobile work machine includes a sensor configured to generate a sensor signal indicative of operation of the mobile work machine, a machine performance detection system configured to receive the sensor signal, generate a topological representation of the sensor signal, and determine a machine performance characteristic based on the topological representation relative to a reference model, and a control system configured to generate a control signal to control the mobile work machine based on the machine performance characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Douglas A. Thomas, Robert A. Hamilton
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Publication number: 20220071922Abstract: Disclosed are cannabidiol (CBD) formulations with high CBD content for providing a variety of health benefits, and a system for the extraction and packaging thereof. Embodiments include a soothing formulation, an acne treatment formulation, and a sunburn treatment formulation. A method of treating discomfort susceptible to treatment with an anti-inflammatory substance delivered to a site of inflammation is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: Clear Lake Research, LLCInventor: Douglas Thomas
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Publication number: 20220039954Abstract: A heart valve repair system includes an implantable device and a connector. The implantable device is configured to attach to at least two leaflets of a native heart valve of a patient and hold the at least two leaflets in a relatively fixed position. The connector is separate from the implantable device and includes first and second tissue anchors. The connector is configured to be attached to the at least two leaflets of the native valve when the at least two leaflets are held by the implantable device in the relatively fixed position. The implantable device is configured to be detached from the at least two leaflets and removed from the patient with the connector remaining attached to the at least two leaflets.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Nima V. Nia, Hengchu Cao, Bingquan Su, Douglas Thomas Dominick, Sakyasingh Tripathy
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Patent number: 11234822Abstract: An implantable prosthetic device includes a coaption portion, paddles, and clasps. The paddles are moveable from a closed position to an open position. The clasps are also moveable from an open position to a closed position. The implantable prosthetic device can be used to repair a native valve, such as a native mitral valve. Other embodiments are also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Eric Robert Dixon, Sergio Delgado, Jensen Chen, Guillermo W. Moratorio, Hengchu Cao, Douglas Thomas Dominick
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Publication number: 20220008233Abstract: Described herein are artificial valves that have a frame and leaflets that grow or expand with a patient. Upon placing the valve inside the patient, the valve expands as the annulus of the patient expands. The frame of the valve is configured to expand which in turn causes the leaflets to expand (e.g., to grow). The valve includes a thin undulating wire embedded inside the leaflets. As the annulus of the patient grows, the frame expands, and as the frame expands, the leaflets grow. The growth or expansion of the leaflets is configured so that the valve continues to operate properly (e.g., the leaflets continue to coapt) with expansion of the annulus. The change in size of the valve can be configured to accommodate changes in size of the annulus from an infant or child to an adult.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Nima V. Nia, Hengchu Cao, Sakyasingh Tripathy, Douglas Thomas Dominick, Bingquan Su, Behnood Miri, Zahra Moyedi
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Publication number: 20210378817Abstract: A double heart valve anchoring system can include a first anchor having at least a portion configured to be secured within a first trans-septal opening in an interventricular septum, a tricuspid valve device coupled to the first anchor, and a mitral valve device coupled to the first anchor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Nima V. Nia, Hengchu Cao, Sakyasingh Tripathy, Douglas Thomas Dominick, Bingquan Su